crosspost

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noun

An electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

nouncrosspost (plural crossposts)

plural crossposts · alternative cross-post · alternative abbreviation xpost · alternative abbreviation x-post

  1. InternetAn electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
  2. indexingcomputingAn instance of crossposting, or the post thus created.
verbcrosspost (third-person singular simple present crossposts, present participle crossposting, simple past and past participle crossposted)

present singular third person crossposts · participle present crossposting · participle past crossposted · past crossposted · alternative cross-post · alternative abbreviation xpost · alternative abbreviation x-post

  1. InternetambitransitiveTo post (a message) to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.

    but it sounds like a rationalization to me. I'm cross-posting this to net.women to see how women feel about it.

    1983 December 20, George Sicherman, “Relationships and Later Lovers”, in net.singles (Usenet), retrieved 20 Jan 2026
  2. indexing; especially physically; indexing; especially physicallyTo post an entry (in a book index or other index) such that no matter which word a user looks under, they will find the relevant entry (see examples).

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*kruks /*krukis
  3. Latincrux
  4. Old Irishcros
  5. Old Norsekross
  6. Old Englishcros
  7. Middle Englishcross
  8. Middle Englishcros-
  9. Englishcross-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  13. Proto-Italic*po
  14. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  16. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  18. Proto-Italic*sinō
  19. Proto-Italic*pozinō
  20. Latinpōnō
  21. Latinposita
  22. Italianposta
  23. Middle Frenchposte
  24. Englishpost
  25. Englishcrosspost

From cross- + post.

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Translations

German crossposten
  • crosspostento post on multiple websites simultaneously
Portuguese crosspostar
  • crosspostarto post on multiple websites simultaneously
Spanish crosspostear
  • crosspostearto post on multiple websites simultaneously
Cite this entry
APA

crosspost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosspost

MLA

“crosspost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosspost. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crosspost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosspost.

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